- Latest Patient Education Resources - American Medical Association
Stay on top of the latest developments related to patient education Browse the AMA’s patient education resources, full of information and tools that physicians can share with their patients, including educational handouts for patients and other patient education materials
- What doctors wish patients knew about atrial fibrillation
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines In this installment, Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, a cardiac electrophysiologist and associate professor of internal and cardiovascular medicine at University of Iowa Health Care
- What doctors wish patients knew about sciatica
In this installment, Kevin Taliaferro, MD, an orthopaedic surgeon at Henry Ford Health, took time to discuss what patients need to know about sciatica Henry Ford Health is a member of the AMA Health System Program , which provides enterprise solutions to equip leadership, physicians and care teams with resources to help drive the future of
- What doctors wish patients knew about cancer screening and prevention
Most patients are diagnosed at a far less treatable, later stage of the disease And with about 20% of lung cancer deaths preventable, evidence-based screening recommendations for high-risk patients offer the best hope to catch the disease early and provide the best chance for effective treatment A medical oncologist shares more
- What doctors wish patients knew about myocarditis
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines In this installment, Lauren Weber, MD, a cardiologist at Confluence Health Hospital in Wenatchee, Washington, took the time to share what patients should know about myocarditis
- What doctors wish patients knew about improving eye health
“Patients with diabetes are at much greater risk and need to have annual eye checkups regardless of age,” Dr Aizuss said That’s “because you can get diabetic eye disease, leaky blood vessels in the retina, which when caught early can be dealt with to prevent later problems ”
- What doctors wish patients knew about peripheral artery disease
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines In this installment, Charles C Leithead, MD, a vascular surgeon at Ochsner Health in New Orleans and Gretna, Louisiana, discusses what to know about peripheral artery disease
- What doctors wish patients knew about tendinitis
The AMA’s What Doctors Wish Patients Knew™ series gives physicians a platform to share what they want patients to understand about today’s health care headlines In this installment, George C Umeh, MD , a sports medicine physician at Bayhealth Orthopaedics in Milford, Delaware, took the time to discuss what patients should know about
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